The overruling of Chevron could also apply to the BATFE, as it also is an executive branch not a legislative branch function. This is a refreshing pushback against the unelected beurocrats who make up new ways to advance personal or ideological policies without the power of legislation.
I am happy to see a beginning of unraveling the fiat state that has been created by BATFE, EOA, NOAA, and other over reaching government functionairies believing themselves to be the originator of power, and authority not truly granted them or their offices.
It is a small start, but truly appears to be headed in the right direction when viewed with the pushback against geotabbing cattle by the EPA, while disregarding illegal and unvetted, or unvaccinated invaders over our borders. Hopefully it results in less overreach, but that will be seen in the future.
Tag: Chevron Deference
Coping with Biden and Overruling Chevron
The post-debate euphoria has finally worn off. I’ve watched the various media and political operatives screech and croak in horror at the spectacle of Joe Biden’s cognitive flat lining. And it was immensely gratifying. I haven’t had this much fun since Election Night 2016. Wonderful. But now it’s time to put down the toys and look out into the cold, hard light of Saturday and move on.
It doesn’t appear that the Democrat elite has decided to pull the plug on Dementia Joe. At least not yet. Obama and Clinton have texted that Biden’s performance is just one of those things and everything will be status quo on the way toward glorious victory in November. Well, good. Leaving Joe in is the best thing that could happen for Trump. There will be a small subset of voters who don’t care for Trump but are horrified by the prospect of a man as obviously cognitively damaged as Biden, in charge of the US military and other critical agencies of the government. It’s got to give them pause wondering who is actually running the government instead of Biden right now. So, this revelation has to boost Trump somewhat. How much is the big question. We should have some polls in a week or two.
I saw that the Supreme Court came out with a couple of rulings. One is relevant to President Trump and other January 6th defendants. It overrules charging them with obstruction of a government proceeding. This will help a number of the defendants because this serious charge was the only felony for a number of the defendants.
The other decision is much more important for the country at large. It overturned the so-called “Chevron deference.” According to this 1984 ruling courts were forced to show deference to federal agencies when interpreting ambiguities in the law within their area of expertise.
“”Chevron is overruled. Courts must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the decision.
The court’s conservative justices were in the majority, with the liberal justices dissenting. The ruling will make it easier for judges to second-guess actions by regulators, empowering challengers to regulations across federal agencies.
Business, conservative and libertarian groups cheered the decision, saying it eliminates a rule that requires courts to favor the government in all manner of challenges to regulation. The litigation was part of what has been termed the “war on the administrative state,” an effort to weaken the federal agency bureaucracy that interprets laws, crafts federal rules and implements executive action.”
Now this is brilliant. With the right courts and executive branch oversight many overreaches by agencies like EPA and the IRS can be challenged in court and reversed. This is a wonderful result.
So that is the world today. A mixture of progress and regress. In one direction we see the Supreme Court correcting past mistakes. In another rogue judges and prosecutors serve up lawfare against the enemies of a demented president of the United States.
Well, it’s not as if we’re all not used to the spectacle. The encouraging sign is that more of it is happening out in the open and more and more normies are getting an eyeful.